semievilgenius (semievilgenius) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-01-22 21:21:00

Max was in his lab, as was often the case. It wasn't that he was antisocial, there was just little of interest to him beyond the room. He didn't dislike his teammates, but honestly didn't really understand them either. So, in his mind, staying where he was was probably the best call.

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	young_swimmer 2012-01-25 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	Cait ran down to find Max. "Max!" she yelled. "We need your help!" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-26 12:00 am UTC (link)
	On a normal day he may have said something snarky about the cable bill. However, Cait's serious tone caught his attention and he stood from his chair. "What is it, Cait?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-26 12:47 am UTC (link)
	"Bomb. In Golden Gate park. I'm hoping you can diffuse it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-26 12:52 am UTC (link)
	"Oh lord..." He seems stunned a moment, but shakes it off. "Okay, one sec." He grabs a folder from a drawer in his desk. "You drive, I have to read." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-26 01:01 am UTC (link)
	"We're not far, but we're going to use the Tower's teleporters. You really don't want me to drive." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-26 01:55 am UTC (link)
	"Ah..guess I'll have to skim this and hope for the best. Lead on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-26 02:08 am UTC (link)
	They reached the teleporters and were in Golden Gate Park a second later. The other Titans were clearing the park of people. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-26 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	Max followed Cait, frantically looking over the folder. He cursed himself mentally for not reading this one sooner. It was on various bomb designs and methods of diffusing them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-27 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Cait led him to the bomb. "Here it is." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-27 10:55 am UTC (link)
	Max saw it..and inwardly growled. He was unfamiliar with this type. He starts to examine it. "Any word on how long it would take a real bomb squad to get here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-27 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	"They're five minutes away and according to that timer we have three left." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-27 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Son of a..okay, okay, let's look at thing." He moves to the bomb, the outside looked familiar enough. He felt around for the spot that would remove the outer chassis. "Cait, you might want to.." he audibly gulps. "clear out of here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-27 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not leaving you," she said stubbornly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-28 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Max mutters a string of curses as he takes the plating off. Okay, this was somewhat familiar. He pulls out a [air of wire cutters and moves to clip the first wire. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-28 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Cait held her breath while she watched Max. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-28 01:54 am UTC (link)
	He clipped it..and nothing. He let out a breath, so far, so good. "Turn to the 3rd page in the folder,m I didn't get that far. What wire is next?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-28 02:17 am UTC (link)
	Cait looked at the third page. "It says blue." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-28 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you." Max moved to cut the wire. "You know you got family, the Titans, and Ty right? You got a lot to live for Cait." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-28 03:07 am UTC (link)
	"You do as well," she said. "You also have the Titans and a chance to make a difference in this world with your smarts. Besides, I won't leave a fellow Titan." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-28 03:32 am UTC (link)
	He sighs. "Well, I had to try." He cuts the blue wire. "Okay, one more. What am I cutting next?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-28 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Cait smirked a little. Besides, if they got blown up Cait stood a better chance at surviving than he did. "Yellow." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-28 03:42 am UTC (link)
	Max takes the wire cutters... "Cait..there are two yellow wires." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-28 03:52 am UTC (link)
	"Max, it just says yellow. Give me the wire cutters and let me do it. If it goes off, I have a better chance of withstanding the blast due to my Atlantean physiology." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-28 04:33 am UTC (link)
	""And face Ty if you don't? No chance in Hell. You insisted on staying, now I am." He searched his memory for something, anything related to this. His hand held the cutters roughly evenly between the two. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-29 01:31 am UTC (link)
	"Fine," Cait said. "Good luck." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

semievilgenius
2012-01-29 02:23 am UTC (link)

Max wracked his brain for something, anything, even remotely resembling a memory on this, his head throbbing from sifting through his collected knowledge. He saw a fragment of..something. When this happened, he surmised it meant he had only glimpsed something. He had seen it, but not read it. Which meant Max would have to do something he was horrible at..trusting his instincts. He took a deep, shay breath and..cut the top yellow wire.

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	young_swimmer 2012-01-29 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Cait held her breath as Max cut the wire. She may have closed her eyes the moment the wire cutter closed on the wire. She tentatively opened an eye when there wasn't a big explosion. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-29 04:35 am UTC (link)
	He continues to breath heavy, head pounding. When it's clear the bomb was deactivated, he fell back onto his butt and just laughed. "Well..guess I better read that whole folder later." He was still breathing heavy as he took a bottle of pills from his pocket. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-29 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Cait released the breath she had been holding. "Well that was a bit exciting. Good job, Max, and yes, reading that whole folder may be wise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-29 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"More excitement than I care for. Thanks, Cait. Got anything to drink?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-29 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Cait pulled some water out of the air and formed a cup out of ice. She pulled some more and put it in the cup. "Here," she said and set it over to him. "Me too. I think the two of us deserve a little boring after this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-29 05:08 am UTC (link)
	He accepts the cup with a grateful nod. He swallows two of the pills and washes them down with the water. He sighs as the painkillers kick in. "Boring sounds pretty damn good right now." He's quiet for a moment. "Cait..thanks for staying." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-29 05:11 am UTC (link)
	Cait gave him a smile. "You're welcome. It's what Titans and friends do for each other." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	semievilgenius 2012-01-29 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	He seems to think on that, rubbing the cup across his forehead a little. "You know..I never really considered myself a Titan." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-29 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Well I hate to break it to you, but you /are/ a Titan." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	young_swimmer 2012-01-30 03:49 am UTC (link)
	((END)) (Reply to this)

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